Numbers also show the city's northwest and southeast are the fastest growing quadrants, with Evanston, Auburn Bay, Cranston, Skyview Ranch, Panorama Hills, New Brighton, Copperfield and Aspen Woods topping off the list of fastest growing communities.

The data does not account for surrounding municipalities, such as Okotoks, Cochrane, Airdrie or Chestermere.

For the first time, the city census data was obtained in a high-tech manner, utilizing mobile data devices, said Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi in a statement.

"By utilizing mobile data collection, the need for post collection data entry was eliminated and resulted in more timely and better quality data,” he said.